āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to pretend
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āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to act in a specific way in order to make others believe that something is the case when actually it is not so
Transitive: to pretend to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She pretended to be interested in the conversation to avoid hurting her friend's feelings.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻšā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to act as if experiencing or having an emotion or trait without truly feeling it
Transitive: to pretend an emotion
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He could barely pretend interest in the dull conversation.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻž
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Transitive: to pretend to do sth | to pretend that
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She pretended the sofa was a boat, navigating through imaginary waves.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻĸā§āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He can not pretend to any particular knowledge of the law, as he âs never studied it.
āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
Pretend
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āĻāĻžāĻ¨, āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ
the enactment of a pretense
pretend
01
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤, āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ
imagined as in a play
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
pretended
pretender
pretending
pretend
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
